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The puzzler [large print] : one man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life / by Jacobs, A. J.,1968-author.(CARDINAL)348319; Pliska, Greg,contributor.(CARDINAL)362233;

Introduction -- Crosswords -- The puzzles of puzzles -- The Rubik's cube -- Anagrams -- Rebuses -- Jigsaws -- Mazes -- Math and logic puzzles -- Ciphers and secret codes -- Visual puzzles -- Sudoku and KenKen -- Chess puzzles (Chess problems) -- Riddles -- Japanese puzzle boxes -- Controversial puzzles -- Cryptics -- Scavenger hunts -- Infinite puzzles -- Greg Plasik's original puzzles -- Solutions."What makes puzzles-jigsaws, mazes, riddles, sudokus-so satisfying? Be it the formation of new cerebral pathways, their close link to insight and humor, or their community-building properties, they're among the fundamental elements that make us human. Convinced that puzzles have made him a better person, A.J. Jacobs-four-time New York Times bestselling author, master of immersion journalism, and nightly crossworder-set out to determine their myriad benefits. And maybe, in the process, solve the puzzle of our very existence. Well, almost. In The Puzzler, Jacobs meets the most zealous devotees, enters (sometimes with his family in tow) any puzzle competition that will have him, unpacks the history of the most popular puzzles, and aims to solve the most impossible head-scratchers, from a mutant Rubik's Cube, to the hardest corn maze in America, to the most sadistic jigsaw."--

Subjects: Puzzles and games.; Travel writing.; Large print books.; Jacobs, A. J., 1968-; Puzzles; Cognition.; Thought and thinking.; Problem solving.;

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The pursuit of happyness [videorecording] / by Muccino, Gabriele,film director.(CARDINAL)848312; Newton, Thandie,1972-4eactor.; Smith, Jaden,actor.; Smith, Will,1968-actor.(CARDINAL)340614; Columbia Pictures Industries.(CARDINAL)161442; Escape Artists (Firm)(CARDINAL)548664; Overbrook Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340622; Relativity Media.(CARDINAL)551892; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)282399;

Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen.Based on a true story, Chris Gardner takes custody of his son as he begins a non-paying stockbroker internship, leading the two through a punishing quest for a better life.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fathers and sons; Homelessness; Internship programs; Single fathers;

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The pursuit of happyness [videorecording] : by Black, Todd.(CARDINAL)543439; Blumenthal, Jason.(CARDINAL)848916; Conrad, Steve.(CARDINAL)481616; Lassiter, James.(CARDINAL)852202; Muccino, Gabriele.(CARDINAL)848312; Newton, Thandie,1972-(CARDINAL)786248; Smith, Jaden,1998-(CARDINAL)552625; Smith, Will,1968-(CARDINAL)340614; Tisch, Steve.(CARDINAL)847866; Columbia Pictures Corporation.(CARDINAL)842500; Escape Artists (Firm)(CARDINAL)548664; Overbrook Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340622; Relativity Media.(CARDINAL)551892; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)282399;

Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Andrea Guerra ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, J. Michael Riva.Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith.Chris Gardner is a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5-year-old son. When his girlfriend Linda walks out, Chris is left to raise Christopher on his own. Chris' determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker-training program, where only one in twenty interns will make the cut. But without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted from their apartment and are forced to sleep on the streets, in homeless shelters and even behind the locked doors of a metro station bathroom. With self-confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstacles to become a Wall Street legend.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some language.Blu-ray disc, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; PCM 5.1 (uncompressed) surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 1920 x 1080p High Definition.This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.

Subjects: 0 Gardner, Chris (Chris P.); Business education (Internship); Fathers and sons; Stockbrokers;

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The mathematics of games and puzzles [videorecording] from cards to sudoku / by Benjamin, Arthur,Teacher,Speaker.(CARDINAL)362888; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-130) in course guidebook.Editor, Tom Krzywicki, Sarah Quindlen.Lecturer: Professor Arthur T. Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College.This course takes a mathematical approach to playing games and solving puzzles. In this course, you will be introduced to all kinds of games, from games of pure strategy (like chess) to games of pure luck (like many casino games) to games that mix strategy and luck (like blackjack, backgammon, and poker). You will analyze puzzles that have stumped people for centuries to modern favorites like sudoku and Rubik's Cube. You will improve your ability to play these games and solve these puzzles, but you will also learn some interesting mathematics along the way.

Subjects: Educational films.; Filmed lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Games of chance (Mathematics); Games; Mathematics.; Probabilities.; Puzzles;

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Born with teeth : a memoir / by Mulgrew, Kate,1955-author.;

Langworthy Avenue -- Derby Grange -- Tessie -- Actress -- Coming of age -- On the spears -- This cup -- Deliverance -- Ransom -- Skating -- On thin ice -- La donna è mobile -- Sidesaddle -- Seeking absolution -- One last time -- Cut -- The handshake -- The games we played -- On our way home -- Foxboro Drive -- Less traveled by -- Irish mist -- We begin -- The audition -- Now, Voyager -- Rubik's cube -- Catalyst -- You can see the moon, but the moon can't see you -- Reclamation -- You can see the moon.A star known for her strong female roles in Star Trek: Voyager and Orange Is the New Black offers a deeply moving account of the price and rewards of a passionate life. Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones; in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, she saw the consequences of a dream deferred. She discusses the daughter she gave up for adoption; the challenging roles she has taken on both on and off screen; and the decisions she has made to live life to the fullest, on her own terms.

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Mulgrew, Kate, 1955-; Actresses; Irish American women; Television actors and actresses;

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10 fascinating facts about toys / by Cohn, Jessica,author.(CARDINAL)484804;

The best-selling toy is Rubik's cube -- Monopoly is the top in modern board games -- Video games were made to be silent -- Barbie has one of the largest clothing companies -- Lego makes more than 1,700 kinds of bricks -- The matchbox car was made for show and tell -- Silly Putty was a kind of accident -- Kids had the idea for Tinkertoys -- The Slinky walked into its inventor's life -- Nerf balls were nearly sold as Nerf rocks -- Doh!! -- Timeline.660LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Toys.;

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A bittersweet season : caring for our aging parents-- and ourselves / by Gross, Jane.(CARDINAL)396187;

Finding our better selves -- The early heroic rush -- The myth of assisted living -- The vestiges of family medicine -- A job for professionals -- The best doctors money can buy -- September eleventh -- September twelfth -- The biology, sociology, and psychology of aging -- A nursing home Thanksgiving -- The Make-A-Wish Foundation -- Follow the money -- Therapeutic fibs -- Cruel sorting -- As complicated as a Rubik's cube -- The time for talking -- N-O-W -- Dying days -- Orphans -- Lost and found.In telling the story of caring for her own aged and ailing mother, the author, a "New York Times" journalist offers indispensable advice on virtually every aspect of elder care. Here are just a few of the vitally important lessons in caring for your aging parent and yourself. As painful as the role reversal between parent and child may be for you, assume it is worse for your mother or father, so take care not to demean or humiliate them. Avoid hospitals and emergency rooms, as well as multiple relocations from home to assisted living facility to nursing home, since all can cause dramatic declines in physical and cognitive well-being among the aged. Do not accept the canard that no decent child sends a parent to a nursing home. Good nursing home care, which supports the entire family, can be vastly superior to the pretty trappings but thin staffing of assisted living or the solitude of being at home, even with round-the-clock help. Every state has its own laws, eligibility standards, and licensing requirements for financial, legal, residential, and other matters that affect the elderly, including qualification for Medicare. Assume anything you understand in the state where your parents once lived no longer applies if they move. Many doctors will not accept new Medicare patients, nor are they legally required to do so, especially significant if a parent is moving a long distance to be near family in old age. An adult child with power of attorney can use a parent's money for legitimate expenses and thus hasten the spend down to Medicaid eligibility. In other words, you are doing your parent no favor, assuming he or she is likely to exhaust personal financial resources, by paying rent, stocking the refrigerator, buying clothes, or taking him or her to the hairdresser or barber. The author weaves the specifics of her personal experience with a comprehensive resource for effectively managing the lives of one's own parents while keeping sanity and strength in tact.

Subjects: Gross, Jane; Adult children of aging parents; Aging parents; Caregivers.; Caregivers; Parent and child;

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Foul Shot / by Coleman, D. L.,author.;

P.I. Wray Larrick gets screwed more ways than one when he finds himself in a sinister world of rich, powerful women, among others, when on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, in summer, to help his old flame, a beautiful cable TV news correspondent, investigate the inexplicable and recent murder of the beloved superstar athlete and centerpiece of a new women's pro basketball league. On a mission that takes him from the beach to the bayous of south Louisiana to Philadelphia and back again, Wray follows the trail to his suspect's door in a case of subterfuge and double-dealing that should have been as routine as a game of checkers but evolves as complicated as a Rubik's Cube or the meaning of life.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder;

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A bittersweet season : caring for our aging parents-- and ourselves / by Gross, Jane.(CARDINAL)396187;

Subjects: Gross, Jane; Adult children of aging parents; Aging parents; Caregivers.; Caregivers;

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Narrative economics : how stories go viral & drive major economic events / by Shiller, Robert J.,author.(CARDINAL)275226;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface: what is narrative economics? -- Part I: The beginnings of narrative economics -- The bitcoin narratives -- An adventure in consilience -- Contagion, constellations, and confluence -- Why do some narratives go viral? -- The Laffer curve and Rubik's Cube go viral -- Diverse evidence on the virality of economic narratives -- Part II: The foundations of narrative economics -- Causality and constellations -- Seven propositions of narrative economics -- Part III: Perennial economic narratives -- Recurrence and mutation -- Panic versus confidence -- Frugality versus conspicuous consumption -- The gold standard versus bimetallism -- Labor-saving machines replace many jobs -- Automation and artificial intelligence replace almost all jobs -- Real estate booms and busts -- Stock market bubbles -- Boycotts, profiteers, and evil business -- The wage-price spiral and evil labor unions -- Part IV: Advancing narrative economics -- Future narratives, future research -- Appendix: Applying epidemic models to economic narratives."Economists have long based their forecasts on financial aggregates such as price-earnings ratios, asset prices, and exchange rate fluctuations, and used them to produce statistically informed speculations about the future--with limited success. Robert Shiller employs such aggregates in his own forecasts, but has famously complemented them with observations about the influence of mass psychology on certain events. This approach has come to be known as behavioral economics. How can economists effectively capture the effects of psychology and its influence on economic events and change? Shiller attempts to help us better understand how psychology affects events by explaining how popular economic stories arise, how they grow viral, and ultimately how they drive economic developments. After defining narrative economics in the book's preface with allusions to the advent of both the Great Depression and to World War II, Shiller presents an example of a recent economic narrative gone viral in the story of Bitcoin. Next, he explains how narrative economics works with reference to how other disciplines incorporate narrative into their analyses and also to how epidemiology explains how disease goes viral. He then presents accounts of recurring economic narratives, including the gold standard, real estate booms, war and depression, and stock market booms and crashes. He ends his book with a blueprint for future research by economists on narrative economics"--

Subjects: Economics; Economics; Economic history.;

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